SHANGHAI, China — The partnership between Sennheiser China, which represents K-array, and the Shanghai Concert Hall includes the installation of K-array speakers within the 1,122-seat venue. The system includes nine white KP102 units, two KMT18P subwoofers and a KP102 and a KMT18P unit for front fill.
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MUMBAI, India — Ansata CS Pvt Ltd founder Leslie J Lean noted that the company, which was named a distributor of d&b audiotechnik’s products at Prolight+Sound in March, had briefed its staff and trained three engineers to support the brand with its seven offices throughout the subcontinent. As an extra measure “to reach out to our clients and end users as quickly as possible,” Lean said, the two companies arranged for d&b’s Gert Sanner to travel to each regional office.
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VALENCIA, Spain — For the finals game staged at the 9,000-capacity Fuente San Luis, Sonovideo provided an audio system capable of rising above the cheers of the capacity crowd supporting the home team, the Valencia Basket, as they took on the Unics Kazan (from Russia). The audio was flown above center court, with six LX-V8 arrays rigged on an aluminium frame.
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OSLO, Norway — The Internasjonalen (The International) club her turned to audio-provider Avon for a main stage loudspeaker system by VUE Audiotechnik. Avon owner Edgar Lien co-designed a system centered on VUE’s h- and a-Class components. Pictured here is designer Eddie Lien with Internasjonalen’s new VUE h-Class system.
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BUTTENHEIM, Germany — Salzbrenner Stagetec Audio Video Mediensysteme GmbH staged its first HighTecDay at the company’s headquarters here on May 15. The event was organized with an assist from Sennheiser and drew attendees from Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the stage, show, audio and communication sectors.
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SOCHI, Russia — Scott Willsallen, director of Auditoria Pty Ltd (Australia), was Audio Director and Designer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic games at Sochi’s 40,000-seat Fisht Olympic Stadium. Agorà of L’Aquila (Italy) supplied the audio gear, and DiGiCo consoles played a major part..
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SOUTH LONDON, U.K. — Following the advice of tour manager Mark Portlock and engineer Liam Halpin, U.K. R&B artist Joel Compass switched to DPA Microphones’ d:facto Vocal Microphone. Since then, the team has noticed an improvement in the singer’s vocal technique.
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WILLINGEN, Germany — The Spring Harvest Festival drew some more than 3,000 German-speaking Christians for a six-day conference here April 6-11. Along with 12 A360 Personal Mixers in the largest hall, Aviom provided two AN-16/i-M Mic Input Modules, one AN-16/i v.2 Input Module, one AN-16/o v.4 Output Module, one D800 A-Net Distributor, and one A-16D Pro A-Net Distributor to support the event.
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PILTON, U.K. — The main audio setup for the Pyramid Stage, a focal point at the annual Glastonbury Festival near here, will include Martin Audio’s MLA system provided by RG Jones Sound Engineering. Pictured here are images from last year’s festival. The 2014 festival is set for June 25-29.
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LONDON — Theatre sound designer Mike Walker chose the Cadac CDC eight digital production console for the recent 50th anniversary revival of Oh What a Lovely War, in London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East. Cadac noted that the application served both as the new console’s musical theatre debut and as the highest-profile use of the digital desk to date. It also marked the first time Walker used a digital console on such an elaborate theatre production.
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BOGATA, Colombia — C. Vilar LTDA provided Adamson Systems gear for the 60,000 drawn to a late April One Direction concert at the Estadio el Campin here. The main FOH system included Energia line arrays, with a variety of Adamson loudspeakers in support roles. The concert kicked off the band’s “Where We Are” world tour.
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